Sunday, January 26, 2014

talking to friends about culture

I spoke to three of my friends. One of which is a gay male, and the other two are just my good friends.

My first friend said (gay male) that he thought culture is what you have in your life and what you believe in.
They think that diversity is when someone comes from a different culture then you and have different traditions.

2nd friend: Culture is where you belong and have traditions and different things then others.
Diversity is the difference in other peoples cultures and how everyone is different.

3rd friend: Culture is the place that you live and all the other things that go along in your life like gender, race or religion.
Diversity is the different things that make you who you are and what others dont seem to have.

I found that all my friends had a point in all their answers. They all know what culture and diversity is and what the difference between the two are. They know culture is where you live and diversity is the difference in people.

The thing I think that my first friend left out is that he does have a different culture and is diverse from others. He didnt say anything about being gay, of course he shouldnt have to, but I think to him he is normal and doesnt care if his culture is different from others.

I think by listening to all my friends definitions is that I have the same beliefs as them and that we all basically come from the same culture so it really isnt hard to understand where they are coming from.

1 comment:

  1. This week, we look at culture and diversity under different people's views. One of the issues I learned this week is the importance of recognizing our differences as well as our similarities.

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